Conductivity CVD diamond

The chemical inertness of diamond, even in hot acidic or caustic oxidizing media [81], and the possibility of making conductive CVD diamond films with resistivities down to less than 0.01 Hem [82] on a wide variety of substrates and over large areas, has in the recent years stimulated an increased interest in applications for analytical and preparative electrochemistry. In a comparative study, Swain... 

It is clear that the various diamond cutting tool formats are largely complementary and, with the development of electrically conductive CVD diamond, the potential application areas of the machining of highly abrasive workpiece materials becomes a reality. 

No other material shows as much versatility as an electrode as does electrically conducting, CVD diamond. The material can be used in electroanalysis to provide low detection limits for analytes with superb precision and stability for high current density electrolysis (1-10 A/cm ) in aggressive solution environments without any morphological or micro-structural degradation and as an optically transparent electrode (OTE) for spectroelectrochemical measurements in the ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) and infrared (IR) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. 

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